Table 1 Relation between the Centor score, use of point-of-care tests, and antibiotic prescribing in 220 young adults with a sore throat, n (%)
RADT for GAS | CRP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centor score | Number of patients | Patients tested | Positive result | Patients tested | Patients with a positive RADT that were tested | Patients with a negative RADT that were tested | Patients with no RADT that were tested | Antibiotic prescribing | |
0 | 16/220 (7) | 15/16 (94) | 3/15 (20) | 9/16 (56) | 1/3 (33) | 8/12 (67) | 0/1 | 3/16 (19) | |
1 | 50/220 (23) | 46/50 (92) | 5/46 (11) | 34/50 (68) | 3/5 (60) | 29/41 (71) | 2/4 (50) | 9/50 (18) | |
2 | 69/220 (31) | 67/69 (97) | 18/67 (27) | 37/69 (54) | 8/18 (44) | 28/49 (57) | 1/2 (50) | 25/50 (36) | |
3 | 54/220 (25) | 52/54 (96) | 24/52 (46) | 24/54 (44) | 9/24 (38) | 15/28 (54) | 0/2 | 30/54 (56) | |
4 | 31/220 (14) | 27/31 (87) | 18/27 (67) | 7/31 (23) | 5/18 (28) | 2/9 (22) | 0/4 | 28/31 (90) | |
Total | 220 (100) | 207/220 (94) | 68/207 (33) | 111/220 (50) | 26/68 (38) | 82/139 (59) | 3/13 (23) | 95/220 (43) | |
p | < 0.001a | 0.3b | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0.4b | < 0.001 | |